I was born poor with no hope of growing up
And working like a dog was as bad as ever
When I was little I applied myself to higher education
Thinking that with that my destiny would change
But I soon realized from the sad reality
My school was very poor, it was difficult to study
They taught us without knowing, they taught us without faith
Unprepared teachers arrived unintentionally
But that is accepted in South Central LA
As long as there is a classroom and a book to read
I didn't let my environment affect my present
Or even my future, which will be very different
I applied to the university I saw my cruel reality
I didn't have enough money to start
Sad and desperate with my dreams stagnant
I enlisted with the Marines for the soldier's money
I was not born to kill
I wanted to improve myself
Without wool there is no study
I had to give myself up
For a dream and destiny
What I wanted reach
Now I am at war
My goal is to return
I remember Chavito, maybe I can escape
The gangs in my neighborhood, maybe I can't kill
Why fight for something you don't It's yours
Neither the block nor the neighborhood seems very stupid to me
The world is too big to fight for a block
Life is too short to live in prison
What It will remain on the day of your death
There are sufferings and pains for your people
And now that I think about it, my life is bastard
Killing to live, killing another person
In a fight that I didn't start
I'm from a gang, the big bad USA
Fighting for a land that doesn't belong to me
Thinking every day it's possible I won't come back
Everything to change my destiny and my luck
Hopefully I will be able to live with what I have seen in these months
I was not born to kill
I wanted to improve myself
Without wool there is no study
I I had to surrender
For a dream and destiny
What I wanted to achieve
Now I am at war
My goal is to return
If life is bad
It is better to live it one day at a time than not
I close my eyes and start praying
Asking God to let me return
Promising my life and how I will change
Instead to improve myself to my superior neighborhood
Giving advice to kids like me
Teaching them the path of triumph and love
I will become a teacher in my school I will teach
I will become a teacher in my school. br/>Making sure that no one is left thirsty
Of wanting to learn and never searching
An alternative to be able to study
I will teach, with my countrymen I will succeed
Giving the weapons, revolution will begin
That's right revolution will begin
W're gonna change the world
Latinos united will never be defeated
I was not born to kill
I wanted myself overcome
Without wool there is no study
I had to give myself up
For a dream and destiny
That I wanted to achieve
Now I am at war
My goal is to return

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